WILL-POWER IN BUSINESS 
to Australia. Miss M. E. Foster was unbeat- 
able when she won the King’s Prize for rifle 
shooting at Bisley, against the two hundred 
best marksmen in the British Army. Mrs. 
Victor Bruce was unbeatable when she created 
twenty-four world records in motoring and 
motor-boating. And Katherine Trevelyan 
was unbeatable when she was the first to climb 
one of the highest mountains in Canada. 
There is no sex in courage nor in will-power, 
any more than there is in literature or art. And 
to-day, after centuries of restraint, women are 
having a fair chance to show what they can do. 
For centuries courage was regarded as a 
military virtue. Civilians were not supposed 
to be courageous. But our experience in the 
Great War has completely destroyed this 
delusion. The civilian soldiers were as brave 
as the professionals. The list of V.C.’s proves 
that courage, like gold, is where you find it. 
It springs up here, there and everywhere. 
We are learning that it is a business virtue. 
It can prevent bankruptcies as well as win 
battles. It can be used to make a fortune as 
well as build up an Empire. 
The success of a firm, as well as that of a 
pugilist, depends upon its courage and stamina. 
There is usually skill enough in a firm, if it 
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